Campgrounds costing less than $20 per night
A favorite campground of mine (Ackerman Campground near Lewiston CA) costs $16 per night. I read a review where the camper complained that the $16 was up from $13 despite there being water problems a...
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ReneeG wrote:That's true for remote and/or less populated areas. But $20 or is getting to be the norm for many NFS CG's in Colorado and Utah, especially if it's within two hours of the Front Range or the Salt Lake Valley or anywhere near a lake. In some of those places, $22 seems to be the going rate for a CG with pit toilets. Flush toilets adds another $3 +/- and hookups usually another $5.
You didn't mention that this does not include Forest Service campgrounds because there are a lot out there (at least in the west) for less than $20 and even with electric hookups.
Around Moab, they raised the rates for all the BLM CG's to $20/night, and none of them have running water. Any wonder why Willow Springs road is now just over packed with boondockers (we call it Willow Springs city anymore).
